Cúcuta, Colombia on edge following ELN bombings
Cúcuta, a northeastern Colombian city on the border with Venezuela, woke up to five explosions on February 20. The National Liberation Army (ELN), the country’s...
Category : Violence
Violence in Rio de Janeiro prompts Copacabana residents to form illegal vigilante patrols
São Paulo, Brazil – An increase in robberies and thefts in Rio de Janeiro’s picturesque Copacabana tourist enclave has led to the creation of vigilante...
The Amazon: The most dangerous place in the world for environmental defenders
São Paulo, Brazil – On the afternoon of September 28, two teams from the Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation (ICMBio), an agency linked to...
Brazilian police operation that has killed 16 is revenge for murdered colleague: Human rights groups
São Paulo Brazil – Following the death of a military policeman, allegedly at the hands of drug traffickers from Guarujá, São Paulo, Brazilian police began...
Brazil has been under-reporting the killing of women for 40 years, study shows
São Paulo, Brazil — Homicide rates for women went under-reported in Brazil for 40 years, from 1980 to 2019. During this period, the number of...
Violent gang attacks rock tourist region in Brazil’s northeast
São Paulo, Brazil – A paradise that extends along more than 400 kilometers of idyllic coastline, Brazil’s Rio Grande do Norte state is one of...
